Boy, 17, murdered

Police said Shaquille Farrell was shot once in the head at about 8 pm on Wednesday. According to residents, gunshots were heard in the area and on checking, they found Farrell bleeding on the ground. The body was viewed by a District Medical Officer and removed to the Forensic Science Centre.

Residents told Newsday that Farrell sold sweets and cigarettes in Port-of-Spain and was well-known. Yesterday at the Centre, Farrell’s grandparents Elsie and Standford Moses viewed his body before an autopsy was carried out.

A distraught Elsie said, “He use to throw javelin and play football.

His mother left when he was a baby. I used to hold him with one hand and it was I who christened him when he was seven. He wasn’t a rude fella. When he leave home, I tell him don’t go down by Nelson Street...

they will kill you and I asked him to listen to my advice.

Both grandparents claimed they did not know if Farrell was involved in any criminal activity and revealed that his father Kevin Moses and uncle Akido Moses, were murdered some years ago. Farrell’s death was the 37th murder for April and the 165th for the year. No arrest has been made.